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& COAR (</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Kathleen Shearer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">This is the first in a series of meetings to develop a more cohesive strategy for strengthening and building more comprehensive repository networks in Africa. The two-day workshop, which
will take place in conjunction with the UbuntuNet Conference, will convene library and NREN (research and education high speed networks) stakeholders from African countries to explore how library-based repositories can better engage with NREN services in order
to break down institutional silos, add value to repositories, and support the growth of open science in the region.
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The meeting will discuss the current state of open access and repositories in Africa through a presentation of the results of a LIBSENSE survey of higher education sector librarians.
It will address issues of interoperability, technical development of repositories, and next generation repository services. Additionally, the benefits and roles of network services will be examined and participants will work together to develop a roadmap and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</a> - +1 514 992 9068
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Skype: kathleen.shearer2 - twitter: @KathleeShearer
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